In a cup of tea: Commodities and history among Samburu pastoralists in northern Kenya

American Ethnologist

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 136-155

  Holtzman, Jon D ^a  

^a KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Food; History; Kenya; Pastoralism; Tea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037316436     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2003.30.1.136     Document Type: Article

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